Comparison

Snag Music Recognizer vs Synced

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Snag Music Recognizer

This app identifies songs by recording short audio clips, even offline. It saves all recordings and allows you to retry identification later. Add notes and location tags to remember where you heard a song.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-record music identification
  • Saves audio clips even without recognition
  • Offline recording and later identification
  • Replay recordings and retry identification
  • Optional location tagging
  • Add notes to recordings
  • Full history of identified songs
Features
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Snag is a music identification app that catches every song and saves the audio clip. Even when recognition fails or you are offline, you never lose a song. Tap to record. Snag listens and tries to identify the music using Apple’s ShazamKit. Whether it succeeds, fails, or you have no signal, the recording stays on your device. You can replay it and retry identification later when you are back online. Features: • Tap-to-record music identification, powered by Apple’s ShazamKit • Every attempt saves a short audio clip, even when no match is found • On Apple Watch too: tap to identify a song, and the clip is kept when there’s no match • Works offline. Capture now, identify later when back online. • Replay any recording and retry identification at any time • Optional location tagging to remember where you heard a song • Notes on every snag, so you can add context later • Full history of every snag, organized by date • Listen on Apple Music when a song is identified

About

Synced

Instantly join songs playing around you in Apple Music. This app listens to ambient music and opens the track at the exact moment, so you can start listening without rewinding or guessing. It's designed for real-life situations, requiring only an Apple Music subscription and no account setup.

Highlights
  • Syncs to ambient music
  • Opens songs in Apple Music
  • Starts playback at precise moment
  • No rewinding or guessing
  • Works in real-life situations
  • No account or sign-up required
  • Privacy-focused listening
Features
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You hear a song. You want to listen — but you don't want to start the song from the beginning. Synced listens to the music around you, figures out exactly where the song is, and drops you right into Apple Music at that precise moment. No rewinding. No guessing. Just tap, sync, and you're in. How it works Tap the button. Synced launches the song at the same place, so you can join in on the fun without missing a beat. Built for real life At a restaurant, at a party, the gym, the park. Whenever music is playing around you and you want to be part of it, Synced gets you there instantly. What you need An Apple Music subscription and a song playing nearby. That's it. No account, no sign-up, no setup. Privacy first Synced only listens when you ask it to. No personal data collected, no account required, no tracking.

Screenshots

Snag Music Recognizer4 screens
Synced3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Snag Music Recognizer at 5 against Synced's 1. Synced's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Snag Music Recognizer against 5.0 for Synced. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snag Music Recognizer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Snag Music Recognizer versus Synced: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnag Music RecognizerSynced
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGanotis Holdings, Inc.Samuel Beseiso

In-app purchases

None

Snag Music Recognizer

No in-app purchases

None

Synced

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Snag Music Recognizer free?
Snag Music Recognizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Synced free?
Synced is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Snag Music Recognizer or Synced?
Snag Music Recognizer and Synced are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Snag Music Recognizer or Synced have ads?
Neither Snag Music Recognizer nor Synced shows ads.

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